[fatihpense]

Interesting argument, so you think the non-white particles of each layer might accumulate while layers of ice melt

[itishappy]

I could also see them washing off with the meltwater, but I'd bet some stick around.

I'm no expert, so I'd take my ideas with a grain of salt.

[hinkley]

There are pictures where people walked out on snowpack and scooped out a handful of snow, then they come back months later and there's an ice stalactite as tall as a man left behind.